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Friday, November 7, 2014

Yarn Bomb So Good It's Art

I did a yarn bomb a month ago. I wanted to do something that was fun and in good taste. Something my little town would enjoy. I just did it so well people don't know it's a yarn bomb.

I asked my knitting friends to drive by and take a look at it. They came by for our monthly machine knitting meeting and told me they didn't see it. I thought how could they not see it. It's a big round orange and smiling at you. Finally, one of the gals asked, "I did see a smiling orange. Did you do that?" I said, "Yes." She asked, "Really?! It looks so official I thought the town put it up." Then the other gals chimed in it looks so nice we thought it was official too. We had no idea it was a yarn bomb. So, my daughter says it's a yarn bomb fail. I said, "Oh no it's a success if every one thinks it's so nice it belongs there." My intention was for it to be a work of art all could enjoy and that's what they are doing.

I used Diana Sullivan's baby blanket technique to do the orange. All other pieces are crocheted. I used reflective yarn. It's kind of fun to see it light up at night when the head lights hit it.